Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness Plan

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Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness Plan

• Customer and Supplier Communications

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Customer and Supplier Communications Objective

• To communicate basic information on Sonocos
  Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness Plan and
  encourage our customers and suppliers to develop
  plans to assure continuation of business in view
  of a possible Avian Flu Pandemic threat.

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About Flu (Definitions)

• Human Flu
• Periodic outbreak caused by flu viruses spreading
  among people
• Bird Flu
• Caused by bird flu viruses
• Sickens and kills wild birds, chickens, ducks and
  turkeys
• Current bird flu virus H5N1
• Flu Pandemic
• An epidemic that occurs worldwide and affects
  large number of people
• Caused by
• New types of flu viruses
• Flu viruses that have never circulated among
  people
• Flu viruses that have not circulated among people
  for a long time but acquired ability to spread
  easily among humans
• Differs from ordinary cold or flu viruses
  already in circulation

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About Flu (Impacts on humans)

• Human Flu
• Generally not serious
• Takes about 7-10 days to recover
• Young children, old people and sick take longer
  to get well
• Bird Flu
• About 50 of people infected died
• Flu Pandemic
• 25 of worlds population may fall ill, but
  majority will have only mild illness
• Up to 150 million people could die
• 1968 Hong Kong Flu 1 million died
• 1918 Spanish Flu 20 million died
• Could result in worldwide economic recession

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About Flu (How it spreads)

• Human Flu
• Spreads from person to person through saliva
  droplets by coughing or sneezing
• Touching contaminated surfaces
• Bird Flu
• Does not spread easily among humans (only 250
  confirmed cases/146 deaths)
• Humans can catch disease through close contact
  with infected birds
• No known cases of human-to-human infection
• Flu Pandemic
• Spreads easily like seasonal flu
• Humans have little immunity as viruses are new

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World Health Organizations Six Pandemic Phases
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Avian Flu Affected RegionsReports in countries
where Sonoco operates

• Confirmed Bird Cases (16) China, France,
  Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,
  Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden,
  Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey and U.K.
• Confirmed Human Cases (4) China, Indonesia,
  Thailand and Turkey

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Sonocos Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness

• Step 1 Established a Cross-Functional Pandemic
  Planning Team
• Working with International SOS, global corporate
  health advisor
• Step 2 Educate Team Members on Pandemic issues
  and implications
• Step 3 Develop Corporate Pandemic Plan
• Linking corporate policies to actions, based on
  phases and affected regions
• Step 4 Table top exercise to determine gaps in
  developed plan
• Step 5 Customize Corporate Plan to address local
  issues/cultures
• Step 6 Implement Plan
• Orient and train key management
• Educate and orient employees
• Step 7 Test Plan (drills) to ensure
  effectiveness of plans
• Step 8 Monitor situation and modify plan as
  required

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Objective of Sonocos Avian Flu Pandemic
Preparedness Plan

• Keep employees safe
• Maintain business continuity
• Effectively communicate with management/employees,
  customers and suppliers

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Sonocos Pandemic Policy and Rationale Document

• Section 1 Pandemic Planning Structure
• Section 2 Communications
• Section 3 Business Continuity
• Section 4 Optimizing Employee Health
• Section 5 Reduction of Infection Risk
• Section 6 Management of Infected/Potentially
  Infected Employees
• Section 7 Management of Expatriates
• Section 8 Management of Traveling Employees
• Section 9 Antiviral Medications

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Business Continuity Plan in Affected Regions

• Issues to be addressed
• Dealing with reductions in staff
• Closure of work places by health care authorities
• Reduction of flights/air cargo capabilities
• Travel restrictions
• Border closures
• Supply chain impacts

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Communications

• Sonocos Avian Flu Pandemic Web site
  www.sonoco.com/avianflu/
• More information on Avian Flu is available from
• WHO http//www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenz
  a/en/
• CDC http//www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
• US Government http//www.pandemicflu.gov/